Pakistan Calling is a film platform set up by The Samosa and the RSA showing links between civil and cultural organisations, communities in Pakistan and the UK, exploring the many problems faced by Pakistan and supporting those working for social change in both countries. Please go to www.thesamosa.co.uk to find out more about our arts, education, media and social change work in both Britain and Pakistan.

September 10, 2016

Pakistan – the pride and the promise

What do we think about when we think about Pakistan? A nation of pride and promise? Or a nation of prejudices? It is, to many, a country of complexities, of old histories and cultures but also of very new tensions and hostilities.

Travelling through this rich and diverse country, the team visited colleges and churches, spoke with imams and government leaders, met in civic gatherings and hosted receptions to gather a greater sense of Pakistan’s challenges and opportunities.

With support from the Foreign Office under the 2012 Olympic Truce, London Boroughs Faiths Network travelled to Pakistan with Wandsworth Community Empowerment Network and Stockwell Green Community Services.

This film documents who they met, what they found and some of Pakistan’s challenges and opportunities.